TRANSFER deadline day has been and gone, and Liverpool fans should be pretty pleased with the business the club has conducted this summer.

I must admit I was a little surprised when the signing of Craig Bellamy was announced before the window shut.

I know it had been mooted for a few days, but I genuinely didn’t see Liverpool pulling it off.

After selling David Ngog to Bolton, they had to do something, and Bellamy is a prudent signing.

He will have a part to play, I’m sure. He has pace, he can play wide or centrally, and his delivery is good. He offers something different to what we have currently, with his blistering pace, and he is proven at the top level; he was outstanding for Manchester City a couple of years back.

It is an interesting signing in many ways, because he will have a point to prove after his last spell at the club.

Still, it looks like he will be something of a bit-part player. Kenny will have a big role to play in keeping him happy with this. I’m sure he will have explained the role to him, and I’m sure Craig will respond to Kenny.

Going the other way, of course, was Raul Meireles - another transfer I simply didn’t see coming.

I am not too sure what is behind that move, but once he made it clear he wanted to be elsewhere, he was never going to be kept.

And Liverpool can certainly do without him.

He had his moments at Liverpool, but consistency-wise he wasn’t quite there for me.

I used to watch him, and could never decide what type of midfielder he was. He wasn’t a playmaker, wasn’t a passer and wasn’t a tackler; he fell between a number of stalls for me.

It will be interesting to see how he does, however. He has experience in the Premier League, which could be to Chelsea’s benefit. But Liverpool needn’t shed too many tears.